Julian Fellowes has hinted that he could quit writing Downton Abbey.

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The hit period drama's creator suggested in an interview that Downton could continue without him if his US pilot The Gilded Age takes off.

He told The New York Times: "If I'm doing a series at NBC, I would not be able to write all of Downton and all of that series at the same time... If Downton goes on - of course that's not my decision - then it would be with other writers. Perhaps with me supervising, but with other writers."

Asked if he could imagine Downton continuing without him, he said: "I think it would be funny. But in life, you no sooner say 'Oh, I'd never do such and such' than you find yourself strapped into a chair, doing it.

"There's no point, really, in making pronouncements of absolutes. The only thing is, I know I would not be able to write 11 hours of Downton and 10 hours of The Gilded Age, or whatever it is, side by side."

He added: "My own belief is that these things have a life. And one of the tricks is to recognise when it's time to come to an end. But we haven't made a decision when that will be. Some things go on for 20 years, don't they, but I just don't see Downton being one of them."

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